Amid the serene setting of the Hangzhou National Tea Museum, Richmond Mayor Eduardo Martinez and his wife embarked on a cultural exploration. While learning about China's profound tea heritage, the mayor also discovered urban planning lessons in the city's peaceful streets and orderly traffic flow.

This was Martinez's first time attending the Sister Cities Conference, and he was eager to gain some insight from this new city that could help expand Richmond's sister-city cooperation with Zhoushan in new areas of exchange.